Hammock-support



(No Model.)

E. SUTPHEN.

HAMMOCK SUPPORT. No. 298,515. Patented May 13, 18.84.

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GEORGE sUrrrIEN, OE AEE-OEA, ILLINOIs.

HAMIVOCKSUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,515, dated May 13,1884.

(No model.)

To all whom t may concer/1,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SUTPIIEN, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammock-Supports; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.'

rEhe object of my invention is to furnish an improved portable support for hammocks, so that they Inay be conveniently and readily set up or hung ready for use in any place or in any position with regard to the sun, breezes, &c.', and also so that the essential parts may be taken apart `and packed in an ordinary hand-satchel, the whole being adapted for hunting, fishing, aard other excursions, as also for lawns, and not requiring any trees or fixed posts or structures' from which to'hang it.

It consists in certain castings or pieces and their connections, all which will clearly appear from the following.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hammock-support, with a hammock and awning attached and ready for use; Fig. 2, enlarged details of the tripod-holder, and Fi g. 3 is an enlarged detail of the quarter-turn.

A A are the tripod caps or holders, which may be cast in iron or other metal. They are formed of two parts, l and 2, one being inserted within the other, but leaving between their sides spaces or grooves 3, made in one of the parts l 2 for the reception of the three legs b c d, which, when inserted and secured in the cap, form the tripod. The part 2 is provided with a hand-screw, 4, which passes through and projects beyond it and enters a threaded socket in the part l, or in a tube at the top of such part. Vhen the legs I) c d are inserted in the holder between the parts l and 2, the screwing up of screw et tightens them rmly in place by clamping them between these parts l and 2, which are thus brought closer together, as both are tapering, and the more the part 2 is forced into the part 1 the less space does it leave between them and the tighter is their grip on the legs. The legs b c d may be of Wood, and either previously prepared expressly for the holders, or they may be cut, as occasion may require, from neighboring trees. It is very desirable that the legs be so placed that two of them shall lbe innermost and the third one outermost, the

better to sustain the strain when the hammock is in use; and it is also preferred that two of the legs of each tripod shall rest upon or be temporarily secured to a hard-wood strip, 5, on the ground. The tripod-caps A A are also provided with hooks a ato tie the hammockropes upon.

E E are quarter-turn pieces or castings, each end, 6 7, of which is threaded to couple with connecting pipes or pieces G H, respectively, and each of these pieces E is provided with a hook, S, from which a hammock may be hung, and is also provided with an outer projection or stud, 9, which is threaded to receive a collared thumb-nut, l0, its unthreaded portion serving as a journal to receive an end support or cross-bar, 1l, for an awning, l2, such support needing to be merely a piece of wood with a hole inthe center to fit such journal, and the thumb-nuts 10 serving to tighten up these pieces l1 to any inclination to which they may be set, as the position of the sun or light may require, so that the awning may be placed level or inclined to either side, having, in fact, a range of motion of about one hundred and eighty degrees.

Common gas-pipe may be used for connecting the tripod-supports with the quarter-turns, and also for connecting the two quarter-turns with each other,'as seen at H H, and these pipes H IVI may be short and connected by one or more couplings, 13. These described connections of the various parts permit the parts to be readily put together, or separated and packed in a small compass for' removal.

The connecting-pipe G is preferably cast in the quarter-turn, or it may be screwed in.

The threaded stud 9 may be either cast or made integral with the quarter-turn, or it may be made separately and inserted therein.

14: 14 are rings upon which the hammock may be swung, said rings being hung upon the hooks 8 8.

`Vhen it is desired to hang the hammock upon the support, the hammock cords or ropes IOO andthe loop are drawn through the rings 14 14. These rings are hung upon the hooks 8 8, and the hammock-rope is then pulled down and tied to the hooks a a.

I claim- 1. In combination with the standards G and with the horizontal connection H of a harnn1ocksupport, the casting or quarter-turn E, having each of `its ends screw-threaded, as set forth, having a hook, 8, on its inner side, and on its outer side the threaded projection 9, provided with a cylindrical bearing to uphold a support for an awning, and provided With a thumb-nut to secure such support in the desired position, and the said support, all substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination, the described tripodcaps, provided each with a hook, a', the quarter-turn castings E, provided each with a hook, 8, and its loose ring, 14, the vertical connecting-pipes G, and the horizontal connectin'g-pipes, all substantially as shown and 

